'If there is one idea in this book that might save your life, it is this: The human body, like all living things, is a heat machine. Just being alive generates heat. But if your body gets too hot too fast — it doesn't matter if the heat comes from the outside on a hot day or the inside from a raging fever — you are in big trouble.
Whatever happens in November, switching from gasoline to electric passenger vehicles will be relatively easy compared to trucks. The trucking industry is warning that transitioning to electric too fast could be disruptive and expensive, as The Times' Russ Mitchell reports. California cities and farms can expect a lot more water from reservoirs this year than they got two years ago, when the state was mired in drought.